European monetary union and an analysis of Greece's economic efforts to meet the Maastricht Criteria, /

Abstract

"European Monetary Union and an Analysis of Greece's Economic Efforts to Meet the Maastricht Criteria" is a thesis that mainly focuses on how an old European vision became reality. More specifically the thesis is divided into two main axis. The first is the presentation of Europe's needs for coexistence and unification after WW2, and the illustration of the steps that different European countries took over the years towards the establishment of this unification under the formation of the European Union (EU). The second deals with the creation of the European Monetary Union (EMU) and the attempts by Greece (an EU member) to join the union. By the end of this analysis every potential reader will have a better understanding of why the creation of EU was so necessary for Europe and more importantly how and why EMU is expected to lead to further unification and power.